As the Principal Owner and CEO at Blakemore Consulting (BC), my team & I collectively provide over 100 years of expertise in Managed Care & Payer Related Advisory Services encompassing, but not limited to, payer strategy development & deployment; leading major payer negotiations; implementing new market entry strategies & product expansions for Health Plans; evaluating health systems managed care contract portfolios performance; private equity provider practice transformation etc.

• Negotiated Medicaid, Medicare & Commercial Exchange managed behavioral health contracts with hospitals, health systems, provider groups, federal agencies, and substance abuse disorder facilities in 18 markets that served over 4 million lives and generating over $1.8B in annual revenue

• On behalf of Allegian Health Plans (BCBS TX) and their 20,000 members, managed & executed provider network contract negotiations, implementation, renewals, & network contract management across FFS contracts for all provider types including physicians, large provider groups & ancillary service providers across the commercial business lines